The past 12 months has flown by so quickly it’s not even funny. It seems like only yesterday that I was still fuming at our contractor for fucking up everything and delaying our opening by a month and making me lose RM30K in the process.

Well, that was a year ago, and it’s been a non-stop rollercoaster ride for me since Day One.

I did a lot of travelling.

I met a lot of people.

Some people were super cool.

Some were royal assholes.

Dope was a departure of sorts from the two things I have been associated with for a long time – design and music.

Fashion, of course, is something that’s always been close to my heart and being able to work with labels/people whom I love and respect is a dream come true for me.

So to celebrate Dope’s 1st anniversary, I’ve decided to throw a party.

Yeah yeah yeah … so what? We’ve thrown so many parties during the last year anyway, right? Well, this time, the party will be open to the PUBLIC and not just Dope members.

The party will take place at Audees in Penang, which is aÂ swish bar/restaurant located on Burma Road, which isÂ 5 minutes away from our office.

Music will be provided by the trusty trio of myself, Jon Chen & DJ G. I promise you won’t hear better music onÂ Penang island that night.

I’ve also decided to have a “lucky draw” … kekeke … sounds a bit cheesy? But when the prizes areÂ clothes from Mishka, Irons, Know1edge, etc … it doesn’t sound so bad, huh?

I’d like to thank everyone for their support during the past one year, and I hope to be able to bring you events like this for many more years to come!

From my last post, you may have gathered that I was in my favorite city in the world – Bangkok. I’ve been going there roughly once every month since last June and the place never ceases to amaze me.

I’ve met some amazing people andÂ made some really good friends along the way, which makes it all the more tempting for me to fly there whenever I have a few days to spare.

This time however, I was going to meet family in Bangkok. More specifically, my brother Anthony.

I haven’t seen my brother for like 2 years, so when he told me he was thinking of taking a vacation there with his wife, then we arranged to meet there.

So we spent a couple of days catching up and I took them around to all my favorite wining/dining/shopping spots in Bangkok.

Here is Anthony and his lovely wife Queenie … the photo is taken at my favorite bar in the world – Sirocco @ The Dome Hotel:

Sirocco is located on the 64th floor of The Dome Hotel and has a view that you can’t see in too many places around the world.

Not only is the view unparalleled, the environment is also pretty hard to beat. It is probably the most beautiful bar in the world (to me) … I’ve said it before on my old blog, but I’ll say it again here: If there’s a bar you MUST visit in the world, it’s the Sirocco:

Another reason why I was in Bangkok was to get inked again.

I was recommended a tattoo artist by my good friend Nat (co-owner of Modified w/ Futura) and I’m happy to say I’ve finally found someone who I have confidence in to make permanent squiggles on my body. Poo is the best tattoo artist in Bangkok, with maybe the exception of her husband Leck.

Nat took this photo while Poo was operating on me … hahaha:

I also had an appointment to visit another good friend of mine (and now client also) – Mart Edinga, a Dutchman living in exile … hahaha … no, he actually loves Bangkok more than I do and moved there permanently.

Mart is opening up a new streetwear store in Bangkok called Zig Zag (yes THE Zig Zag where you’ll be able to cop our Dope X Subcrew trucker when it comes out) and here I’m proud to give you all aÂ WORLD EXCLUSIVEÂ of what Zig Zag is gonna look like:

Speaking of world exclusives, here’sÂ ANOTHER one – Nat let me have a first look at samples from Futura/Modified’s NEW collection for Portable Picnic Players.

Fucking fine, fucking fresh, fucking must have.

I know a LOT of people have been waiting for the follow-up to the first collection that debuted last year, but I can assure you that it was worth the wait. Fans of everything Futura will not be disappointed!

I’ve givenÂ some exclusive pics to my friends at We Love Hype, so pop on over there to see more from theÂ LONNNGGGGG awaited new collection of Portable Picnic Players!